Sr Anne Falola OLA reports on the efforts of the newly opened Maria Centre in the Nigerian capital Abuja to support those displaced by Boko Haram’s violence.

Al-Shabab massacre foiled as Muslim bus passengers face down Islamist gunmen and stand in solidarity with Christians.

Church leaders pray "That peace and justice will be restored in Yemen."

Fr Jacques Mourad released after five months as Pope says he is following with great concern what is happening in Syria, Iraq, Jerusalem and West Bank.

Between November 2013 and October 2014, 4,344 Christians were killed “for reasons closely linked to their faith” and 1,062 churches were attacked.

Militants blow up ancient Chaldean Catholic Church known as the Mother of Aid in Mosul.

Franciscan Order lost contact with Fr Dhiya Aziz, parish priest at Yacoubieh, during the afternoon of 4 July and they believe he was taken by militants.

There are those who wish to incite and foment an atmosphere of war deliberately for the purpose of selling arms Pontiff warns.

ISIS has begun killing some of the 150 Christians taken hostage from villages in northeast Syria.

Western military intervention is the only viable option in the fight against Nigerian militants, who are now allied to Islamic State.

Religious Freedom Report notes that last year “the world witnessed the largest displacement of religious communities in recent memory”.